See what's next for Dustin Martin after his retirement bombshell - as footy great says AFL legend will make a shocking move Richmond star retired from the AFL on Tuesday Hung up the boots without fanfare or addressing the media Has a raft of options available to him after footy By Josh Alston For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:08, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 04:08, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments Dustin Martin 's retirement announcement is not the conclusion of a great sporting story - if anything, it is a fresh chapter in a brand new book starring the Richmond icon. Martin fronted up to the Tigers ' Punt Road headquarters on Tuesday morning without fanfare, without warning and without any expectations to calmly tell his Tigers teammates that the boots had been hung up. Effective immediately.
There was no media scrum, just some prepared statements from Martin and the club and that was that. But what happens next is the question on every footy lover's mind as they wonder if he'll just walk off into the sunset, never to be seen again. There is a school of thought that the retirement announcement is just a smokescreen for a reunion with former coach Damien Hardwick at the Gold Coast Suns.
Carlton great Brendan Fevola predicted that would be the case months ago after Martin's 300th game . 'My mail is that he will retire after he plays his 300th game,' he said on The Fox's Fifi, Fev & Nick radio show in May. 'Say thank you to the Richmond fans after his 300th.
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